Taylor turn'd lord [graphic]

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Title: Taylor turn'd lord [graphic]
Alternative Title: Taylor turned lord
Tailor turned lord
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [1812]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An obese man in elegant dress struts down Fleet Street as his fellow tailors roar with laughter at his pompous attire. In the background, a woman (his wie?) put signs on the sides of the shops advertising breeches and other haberdashery. A dog barks as he looks up at the elegantly dressed pretender
Description: Title etched below image.
A detail from a 1805 print by Rowlandson: Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss ; May, 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.1 x 23 cm, on sheet 34 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812
Stipple engravings England London 1812
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Butchers
Couples
Dogs
Social classes
Social mobility
Snobbishness
Tailors
Subjects: Butchers
Couples
Dogs
Social classes
Social mobility
Snobbishness
Tailors
England > 1812
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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